convive
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convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)
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convive (plural convives)
- (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet
- (obsolete) a feast or banquet
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], lines 271-4:
- First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;
There, in the full convive we; afterwards,
As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall
Concur together, severally entreat him
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From Old French convive, from Latin convīvium. Compare Friulian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish convivio.
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convive m or f by sense (plural convives)
- guest at a meal
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- Prothé passait parmi les convives, proposant des bières et des steaks de crocodile grillé.
- Prothé passed among the guests, offering beers and grilled crocodile steaks.
Further reading edit
- “convive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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convive
- inflection of convivir:
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convive
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convīve
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convive
- inflection of conviver:
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convive
- inflection of convivir: